Italy is 23.9× the size of Bahamas

Italy covers about 301,000 km² (116,000 mi²) and Bahamas about 12,600 km² (4,870 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

301,000km²Italy
12,600km²Bahamas

200 km

Italy
Bahamas

What fits

Bahamas fits inside Italy about 23.9 times by area.
Italy is larger by 289,000 km² (111,000 mi²), which is 2,290% of the area of Bahamas.
Measured in Belgiums: Italy is about 9.82, Bahamas about 0.41.

How they differ

Italy also has the larger population: 58.9 million against 399,000, 147× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 195 in Italy against 32 in Bahamas: Italy is 6.17× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 8,110 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Italy at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Bahamas at 24°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Italy as 36.8× the size of Bahamas instead of 23.9×.
Together Italy and Bahamas cover 314,000 km², close to the size of Poland (313,000 km², 0.1% smaller).
The gap between them, 289,000 km², is about the size of Philippines (293,000 km²).
At Bahamas's density, Italy would have 9.5 million people (it has 58.9 million). At Italy's density, Bahamas would have 2.5 million (it has 399,000).
Italy's centre is 18.5° of latitude, about 2,060 km, farther north than Bahamas's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Italy	23.9×
More people	Italy	147×
More crowded	Italy	6.17×
Farther north	Italy	18.5° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Italy	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Italy	Bahamas
Belgium 30,700 km²	9.82×	0.41×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.24×	0.05×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.84×	0.04×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.81×	0.03×
France 548,000 km²	0.55×	0.02×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.10×	1 in 250
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	1 in 672
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.03×	1 in 750
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	1 in 1,347

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Italy	Bahamas
Area, main territory	301,000 km²116,000 mi²	12,600 km²4,870 mi²
Population	58.9 millionWikidata, 2023	399,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	195 per km²	32 per km²
Official area	302,000 km²Wikidata	13,900 km²Wikidata
Capital	Rome	Nassau
Latitude range	35°N to 47°N	21°N to 27°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 302,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 301,000 km², to within 2%.
Our measured 12,600 km² is 9.2% below Wikidata's official figure of 13,900 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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